Toy



Deg l0, 1929. H, MULLER 1,738,604

TOY

Filed March 26. 1928 Patented Dec. 10, 1929 Hummers miiLLnn, on

NUREMBERG, GERMANY Application filed March 26, 1928, Serial No. 264,847, and in Germany January 9, 1928.

-This invention relates t toys and more especiallyto toys representing a figure of an animal or the like which isoperated by a mechanism in a. manner 'to imitate natural motion. According to my invention the toy may imitate, for instance, the alternate downward and upward motion of a bird when picking up food from the ground. In addition to this according t6 my invention the toy 10 may be constructed that it will make a walking, dancing or similar motion.

Essentially my invention consists in a novel toy representing a figure of an ammaLpref- 1 erably abird, which is mechanically driven by means of a clock-work. The principal novel feature of my invention consists in imparting to. the toy a proper reciprocating or vibratory motion which imitates most close ly the natural motion of an animal or bird. More particularly, this novel feature consists therein that an eccentrically mounted fly wheel driven by a clock-work is provided within the body of the toy-,said eccentrically mounted fly-wheel imparting during rotation a reciprocating or vibratory-motion to the toy. When using the term fly-wheel for the member which produces said reciprocating or Jribratory motion of the toy I desire to be understood that this member is notne'cessarily of the conformation of a wheel, since any form of swinging body or the like may be employed which' is rotated around a point essentially at a distance from its center of gravity.

According to a further feature'ofmy invention the aforementioned eccentrically mounted fly-wheel, swinging body or the like is arranged within the breast portion of the 40 toy in order to most naturally imitate the picking motion of a bird, .while the'toy is freely standing upon its feet. In addition to this, according to my invention said flywheel or the like is positioned within the 4 breast portion of the .bird at a point outside of the plane of gravity or symmetry ofthe figure, so that the latter in addition to'the aforementioned picking motion, will also;

make a'hopping or dancing motion, thus imitating as closely as possible the natural mo-' tion of a bird, when picking up food from the ground.

In the following specification and accompanying drawing I have described and shown an exemplification of a toy constructed 2.0- 55. cording to my present invention. Q

In the drawing, Fig. 1 showsthe toy in the form of a bird in a lateral view partly broken away in order to expose the driving J mechanism contained in the interior and serving to impart a motion to said toy in the direction of the dotted double arrow, said motion imitating the natural picking motion of a bird. The end positions of said motion of the body of the bird are indicated by the full-drawn normal positionand the dotted picking position of the same. Fig. 2 is a top view taken on Fig. 1, and is likewise shown partly broken away to show the driving mech anism of the toy, while Fig. 3 is a'bottom- View taken on Figs. 1 and 2; The driving mechanism COI1SiSt 0f an ordinary clockwork which is driven by spring power such as frequently used in toys of the present kind. The spring 8 after being wound-up by means of the stem 7 will rotate a train of ear-wheels diagrammatically indicated in Flg. 2. -The several gear wheels are designated with the numerals 10, 17, 11, 13 and 14. The last driving axle 5 of the clock-work carries a fly-wheel 6' which is eccentrically mounted on said axle so that it will produce the abovementioned downward and upward motion of: the body of the bird. The clock-work is mounted within. the body of the bird in such a manner that the fiy-wheel 6 will be positioned between the beak and the legs of the bird. The fly wheel 6 during being rotated by the clock-work will disturb in accordance with its speed of rotation the equilibrium of 1 the entire body of the toy, so as to impart to 1 the body of the bird in rapid succession an al ternate, reciprocating or tilting motion. The relatively light body of the toy, which is preferably made of sheet metal and which may be provided with a'proper covering velvet or the like will easily assume a rapid alternate, tilting motion during rotation of the eccentrically mounted fly-wheelfi. This tiltingmotion of the. bodyof the bird will most naturally imitate the motion of a bird during picking up food from the ground. An excessive'tilting motion of the body of the'bird towards the rear which may'takef place in case of an excessive action of the fly-wheel 6 may be effectively prevented by providing a relatively long rear toe, said too in this case forming a brace against said tilt .in motion. 1o uring the picking motion of the toy, I which motion is due to the rotation of the eccentrically mounted fly-wheel .6, the" beak and the toes will act as the extreme supporting points for the'body of the bird so that said motion will be limited by the beak and the toes.

In addition to this-picking motion according to my invention also a slight walkjng motionmay be impart'edto the body of go the bird by ineans of the eceentrically mounted fly wheel, 6. In order to further render this latter motion more similar to the natural" motion of a bird, theffly-wheel in addition toits eccentricity with respect to its axle is furthermore displaced with respect to' the plane of gravity of the, toy or to the. longitudinal plane of symmetry A-B of the body of the bird towards oneor the .other side thereof, as may clearly be seen from Fig. 2. This one-sided arrangement of the eccentrical fly-wheel 6 which is provided within the body of the toy, will have the effect that in addition to the above-described pickingor tilting motion a walking, hopping or dancing motion of the latterwill take place,

"for instance, in a circular direction, as indicated by the dotted arrow shown .inFig. 2. By this the additional motion of the toy will be enabled to most naturally imitate the actual motion made by a birddurim seeking food and picking-up (the same from the ound. The clock-work together with the y-wheel which serves for mechanically ac.- tuating the -toy and forefiecting the aforedescribed picking, dancing. or similar mo- -?-tion is mounted in the ordinary manner within, the body of the toy. The clock-workwhich is diagrammatically indicated in the drawmg may be of the usual form ordinarily employed in toysof the present kind. As indicated in Fig. 2, the spring 8 of the clock-- work may be wound-up at the axlefl, which is formed at its outer end as a stud 7' of square cross-section, by means of a key-in the well-known manner. The sprin 8 during being un-wound rotates thg gear-w eels 10, 17

and 11, the intermediate axle 1 2 and the gear-' wheels 13 and 14 as well as the driving axle 5 on which the fly-wheel 6 iseccentrically desiredform in accordance with'the form of the bird 0! other animal which shall be represented by the toy. The clock-work is I ofpreferably slightly resilient -mon'nted. The latter may be made on' any -fly-wheel 6 is. mounted'may likewise be positioned outside of the plane ofsymmetry of the body clock-work positioned to impart a desired motion to the toy.

of the toy or of the frame 4 or the. itself. Alsothe axle 5 may be in any desired direction in order,

The legs of the bird are made from a piece I is bent intothe form of a clip and fastened on the body means of flaps 15 and 15 bent out metal forming the bodyof the toy. 15 and 15' or other fastening mea' for the legs may'preferably be provided' elow the tail and the rearpart of the body of the bird as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

of the sheetwire 13' which.

on the bird, for instance, by

The flaps 1. A toy comprising a body representing,

a bird or other animal, a fly-wheel mounted.

eccentrically within said bod and means for rotating said flyv-wheel, to impart to said toy a reciprocatingmotion imitating anatural motion of said bird or other animal.

2. A toy comprising a' body representin a-bird or other anima a fly-wheel mounte eccentrically within said body, and means for rotating said fly-wheel, to impart to said toy a're'ciprocatingmotionimitating a nat ural motion of said bird or other animal, said fly-wheel in addition to its eccentricity being ion positioned at some-distance from the plane of symmetry of. the body to impart thereon an additional one-sided reciprocatin motion' imitating another natural motion 0 said bird or other animal. 3. A toy comprising a body in the form' of a bird, a fly-wheel mounted eccentri lly within ing meansfor said fly-wheel to im art an. alternating motion to said body, to imitate the natural picking motion of a ,bird. 51 '1 A. A toy as specified by claim 3, having legs 'made of a bent piece of wire, I

fastening s 'd piece of wire to said body to properly p ject therefrom, said. fastenmefi means consisting of a pair of flaps rovid' on the tail-part and another pair of aps provided on the rear body-part of the bird, said flaps beingbent around said piece ofwire. 5. A toy comprising a. body .of a bird, 9.

fly-wheel eccentrically fixed upon an axle, ,means for rotatably mounting said axle with in said bod driving means or rotating said axle and and'means for e'rewith fly-wheel t 1 pally theret, whereby a reciprocating motion may be imparted to said body similar to the picking/motion of a bird, and resilient legmembei's' mounted upon said body, said flywheel in addition to its eccentricity beingv positioned out of the plane of symmetry of said body, whereby an "additional one-sided reciprocating motion may be imparted thereto, said one-sided reciprocating motion in connection with the. resiliency of said legmembers imitating the natural hopping or dancing motion of a bird.

4 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' HEINRICH MI' LLE'R. 

